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UK's Asylum Policy Faces Backlash Over Limited Refugee Numbers

11/19/2025

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Shabana Mahmood, the UK Home Secretary, announced a few hundred asylum seekers would be allowed under new refugee schemes.
Labour MPs criticized the policy, including family deportations.
Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council said the limited initial numbers will not deter dangerous journeys.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned against treating refugees as economic migrants.
Alf Dubs, Labour peer, condemned using children in asylum policies as unethical.

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Shabana Mahmood, the UK Home Secretary, announced a few hundred asylum seekers would be allowed under new refugee schemes.
Labour MPs criticized the policy, including family deportations.
Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council said the limited initial numbers will not deter dangerous journeys.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned against treating refugees as economic migrants.
Alf Dubs, Labour peer, condemned using children in asylum policies as unethical.